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Date	Employment		Unemployment
Date	Total	% Change Year Ago	Rate	Unit Change Year Ago
1990	193,662	-	6.4	-
1991	195,418	0.9	6.5	0.1
1992	191,132	-2.2	7.2	0.8
1993	184,380	-3.5	7.5	0.2
1994	185,636	0.7	8.3	0.8
1995	187,089	0.8	7.4	-0.9
1996	187,260	0.1	7.9	0.5
1997	187,141	-0.1	6.7	-1.3
1998	188,360	0.7	6.1	-0.6
1999	187,267	-0.6	5.0	-1.0
2000	188,676	0.8	5.4	0.4
2001	187,714	-0.5	5.8	0.3
2002	178,970	-4.7	6.2	0.4
2003	181,561	1.4	6.6	0.4
2004	183,704	1.2	6.2	-0.5
Monthly Data
1990-Jan	189,741	-	6.8	-
Feb	191,303	-	5.9	-
Mar	192,946	-	5.6	-
Apr	192,485	-	5.2	-
May	192,357	-	5.4	-
Jun	195,642	-	7.1	-
Jul	198,835	-	6.7	-
Aug	195,584	-	7.1	-
Sep	192,724	-	7.2	-
Oct	194,945	-	7.0	-
Nov	194,771	-	6.2	-
Dec	192,614	-	6.0	-
1991-Jan	188,694	-0.6	6.5	-0.3
Feb	191,154	-0.1	5.9	0.0
Mar	194,805	1.0	5.7	0.0
Apr	194,594	1.1	6.0	0.8
May	195,109	1.4	6.1	0.7
Jun	199,049	1.7	7.5	0.4
Jul	200,949	1.1	6.9	0.2
Aug	197,004	0.7	7.1	0.0
Sep	195,561	1.5	6.8	-0.4
Oct	197,120	1.1	6.6	-0.4
Nov	196,687	1.0	6.4	0.2
Dec	194,285	0.9	6.1	0.1
1992-Jan	189,455	0.4	7.3	0.8
Feb	191,894	0.4	6.4	0.6
Mar	192,926	-1.0	6.6	0.9
Apr	191,658	-1.5	6.6	0.6
May	192,238	-1.5	6.8	0.7
Jun	194,726	-2.2	8.4	0.9
Jul	194,496	-3.2	8.0	1.1
Aug	190,608	-3.2	8.0	0.9
Sep	188,345	-3.7	7.9	1.1
Oct	190,752	-3.2	7.4	0.8
Nov	190,207	-3.3	6.9	0.5
Dec	186,281	-4.1	6.6	0.4
1993-Jan	180,990	-4.5	7.5	0.2
Feb	183,627	-4.3	6.6	0.2
Mar	183,391	-4.9	6.4	-0.1
Apr	184,184	-3.9	6.4	-0.2
May	184,484	-4.0	6.8	0.0
Jun	186,114	-4.4	8.3	0.0
Jul	187,314	-3.7	8.0	0.0
Aug	185,052	-2.9	8.1	0.0
Sep	183,443	-2.6	8.0	0.0
Oct	185,308	-2.9	7.8	0.4
Nov	185,916	-2.3	7.7	0.8
Dec	182,737	-1.9	7.6	1.0
1994-Jan	181,189	0.1	8.6	1.1
Feb	182,548	-0.6	7.9	1.3
Mar	183,057	-0.2	7.7	1.3
Apr	183,533	-0.4	7.7	1.3
May	183,933	-0.3	7.7	0.9
Jun	186,639	0.3	9.4	1.0
Jul	189,762	1.3	8.8	0.8
Aug	188,214	1.7	8.8	0.7
Sep	187,083	2.0	8.9	0.9
Oct	188,122	1.5	8.6	0.8
Nov	187,998	1.1	7.9	0.2
Dec	185,559	1.5	7.2	-0.4
1995-Jan	182,557	0.8	7.7	-0.9
Feb	184,281	0.9	6.9	-1.1
Mar	186,813	2.1	6.9	-0.8
Apr	186,951	1.9	6.8	-1.0
May	187,990	2.2	6.7	-0.9
Jun	189,043	1.3	8.4	-1.0
Jul	190,037	0.1	7.7	-1.1
Aug	187,918	-0.2	7.6	-1.3
Sep	186,608	-0.3	7.7	-1.2
Oct	187,105	-0.5	7.8	-0.8
Nov	188,692	0.4	7.1	-0.8
Dec	187,078	0.8	7.7	0.5
1996-Jan	181,770	-0.4	9.2	1.5
Feb	183,175	-0.6	7.9	1.0
Mar	186,049	-0.4	7.4	0.5
Apr	186,171	-0.4	7.5	0.7
May	186,836	-0.6	7.8	1.1
Jun	188,403	-0.3	9.3	1.0
Jul	190,378	0.2	8.3	0.7
Aug	188,474	0.3	8.2	0.7
Sep	188,567	1.0	8.1	0.5
Oct	188,275	0.6	7.8	0.0
Nov	190,049	0.7	6.8	-0.3
Dec	188,971	1.0	6.4	-1.3
1997-Jan	183,967	1.2	7.3	-1.9
Feb	184,308	0.6	6.2	-1.7
Mar	186,664	0.3	6.1	-1.3
Apr	187,211	0.6	6.0	-1.5
May	186,964	0.1	6.2	-1.6
Jun	188,088	-0.2	7.9	-1.5
Jul	189,093	-0.7	7.3	-1.0
Aug	187,293	-0.6	7.0	-1.2
Sep	188,138	-0.2	6.8	-1.3
Oct	187,499	-0.4	6.7	-1.1
Nov	188,565	-0.8	6.4	-0.4
Dec	187,904	-0.6	5.9	-0.4
1998-Jan	183,931	0.0	6.6	-0.8
Feb	184,930	0.3	5.6	-0.6
Mar	186,594	0.0	5.8	-0.3
Apr	188,541	0.7	6.0	0.0
May	189,844	1.5	6.0	-0.3
Jun	191,484	1.8	7.3	-0.5
Jul	190,760	0.9	6.8	-0.5
Aug	188,671	0.7	6.8	-0.2
Sep	189,154	0.5	6.1	-0.7
Oct	189,583	1.1	5.5	-1.2
Nov	188,788	0.1	5.2	-1.2
Dec	188,038	0.1	4.9	-1.1
1999-Jan	184,685	0.4	5.8	-0.8
Feb	186,230	0.7	4.9	-0.7
Mar	188,535	1.0	4.6	-1.2
Apr	187,850	-0.4	4.4	-1.6
May	187,402	-1.3	4.3	-1.7
Jun	188,201	-1.7	5.8	-1.5
Jul	188,820	-1.0	5.5	-1.3
Aug	186,803	-1.0	5.5	-1.3
Sep	186,864	-1.2	5.5	-0.7
Oct	187,561	-1.1	5.3	-0.2
Nov	187,925	-0.5	4.6	-0.6
Dec	186,328	-0.9	4.3	-0.5
2000-Jan	188,682	2.2	5.6	-0.1
Feb	189,441	1.7	4.9	0.0
Mar	190,722	1.2	4.8	0.2
Apr	190,519	1.4	4.4	0.0
May	190,286	1.5	4.8	0.5
Jun	190,242	1.1	6.6	0.8
Jul	188,993	0.1	5.8	0.3
Aug	186,950	0.1	5.8	0.3
Sep	185,675	-0.6	5.7	0.3
Oct	186,891	-0.4	5.7	0.4
Nov	187,601	-0.2	5.5	0.9
Dec	188,113	1.0	5.4	1.1
2001-Jan	186,091	-1.4	6.0	0.4
Feb	187,891	-0.8	5.2	0.3
Mar	189,373	-0.7	5.1	0.4
Apr	189,780	-0.4	4.8	0.4
May	189,383	-0.5	5.0	0.2
Jun	190,719	0.3	6.2	-0.4
Jul	189,545	0.3	5.7	-0.1
Aug	187,413	0.2	5.9	0.1
Sep	186,454	0.4	6.1	0.4
Oct	186,223	-0.4	6.5	0.7
Nov	185,565	-1.1	6.4	0.8
Dec	184,134	-2.1	6.1	0.7
2002-Jan	177,836	-4.4	6.6	0.6
Feb	179,154	-4.7	5.9	0.7
Mar	179,959	-5.0	5.8	0.7
Apr	180,532	-4.9	5.5	0.7
May	178,692	-5.6	5.9	0.9
Jun	181,323	-4.9	6.9	0.7
Jul	180,560	-4.7	6.3	0.6
Aug	178,392	-4.8	6.5	0.6
Sep	177,368	-4.9	6.5	0.3
Oct	177,070	-4.9	6.3	-0.2
Nov	178,730	-3.7	6.1	-0.2
Dec	178,026	-3.3	6.1	0.0
2003-Jan	177,400	-0.2	6.6	0.0
Feb	179,917	0.4	6.0	0.1
Mar	181,192	0.7	5.9	0.1
Apr	183,180	1.5	5.6	0.2
May	182,657	2.2	5.9	0.0
Jun	184,133	1.5	7.8	0.9
Jul	182,717	1.2	7.5	1.1
Aug	180,175	1.0	7.5	1.1
Sep	181,214	2.2	6.8	0.4
Oct	182,482	3.1	6.6	0.4
Nov	182,637	2.2	6.5	0.3
Dec	181,028	1.7	6.5	0.4
2004-Jan	179,159	1.0	7.4	0.8
Feb	181,651	1.0	6.3	0.2
Mar	182,863	0.9	5.6	-0.3
Apr	182,946	-0.1	5.5	-0.2
May	182,368	-0.2	5.8	-0.1
Jun	184,922	0.4	7.1	-0.7
Jul	185,919	1.8	6.7	-0.8
Aug	185,057	2.7	5.5	-2.0
Sep	185,220	2.2	5.6	-1.2
Oct	184,339	1.0	6.1	-0.6
Nov	184,901	1.2	6.2	-0.3
Dec	185,097	2.2	5.9	-0.5

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

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